WorkThomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England from the Accession of James II, vols. 1–2
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
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Documented 1849–1850
Letters
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“I am just reading Macaulay's new history which seems even more brilliant and fascinating than his previous writings.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Florence. 2nd Dec. 1849 (letter dateline); "I am just reading Macaulay's new history"
"I am just reading Macaulay's new history" is an explicit present-tense reading statement.
“I have felt like reading more than for some years past, have read Macaulay's History of the James 2nd Period, Louis Blanc's Ten Years, and many books of that class”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Florence 15th Feb 1850 (letter dateline); 'have read...this winter'
Explicit statement 'have read Macaulay's History of the James 2nd Period'.
“I am just reading Macaulay's new history which seems even more brilliant and fascinating than his previous writings.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
“I have felt like reading more than for some years past, have read Macaulay's History of the James 2nd Period, Louis Blanc's Ten Years, and many books of that class, where were some facts I wanted.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.